In business, there’s a big difference in the value between being seen by a lot of people, and being seen by the right people. You should have a clear description of who your ideal customer is, then you need to work out where they are and how you can access them. Reaching fewer people, but [...]
Buying space in a magazine is exciting. Knowing that your brand, image or story will hold pride of place in a physical publication means something. There’s a prestige associated with appearing in print; a kind of shine that digital has never truly been able to capture. Once you’ve decided on buying space in a print [...]
Content marketing is all about sharing content with your potential customers that is useful, valuable and accurate. Not only does consistently sharing this type of information keep you front-of-mind when your customers are ready to buy, but it cements you and your business as an authority in the market. Bubble wrap, jacuzzi, yo-yo, onesie, super [...]
Whatever industry you work in, attending conferences can be a valuable way for you to improve your knowledge, increase your business and expand your network of connections. The benefits of the event don’t stop when you leave the venue if you take a few simple steps in the days, weeks and months that follow. 1. [...]
If you’ve spent much time talking about business growth you’ll have no doubt heard about the value of leads. Leads are potential customers, or prospects, who have shown some interest in what you do and, most importantly, you’ve collected their contact details. When nurtured correctly, leads can turn [...]
Any marketing professional or business owner worth their salt knows the importance of a sales funnel. A sales pipeline, however, is perhaps more important as it creates a specific process of how to nurture individual prospects and successfully moves a greater number into the purchase stage. Keep reading to learn the secret to how you [...]
Email newsletters are a great way to connect with potential customers. It’s not as easy as it seems to create a great newsletter that people are happy to find in their inbox, so it is worth taking the time to create something amazing. Before you embark on your own email marketing campaign, make sure you [...]
Many businesses know that regularly publishing great articles can help them stay relevant. They realise when their content solves problems for customers, their own business improves. The problem is the job of writing is often tacked onto another role as an afterthought, resulting in some fairly average output. The difficulty for these businesses is the [...]
When comparing magazines you might get offered conflicting figures on readers and subscribers. These are two very different things, so it’s important to understand the difference and make sure you’re comparing apples with apples, and oranges with oranges. This is because readers and subscribers are two different ways of looking at a publication’s circulation. Much [...]
As a business, the world of marketing can be daunting, with numerous channels and limited time and budgets. And if you’re not a marketing expert, it’s more confusing trying to understand how to best market a company for optimum results. The other day I was searching the internet for a specific business on Google and [...]
